Predator-prey trophic relationships in response to organic management practices

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 15, 2014, Pages 3777-3789

  Schmidt, Jason M ^a   Barney, Sarah K ^a   Williams, Mark A ^b   Bessin, Ricardo T ^a   Coolong, Timothy W ^b,c   Harwood, James D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

biological control; generalist predators; molecular gut content analysis; organic agriculture; predator prey food webs; trophic links

Indexed keywords

ANASA TRISTIS; ARANEAE; ARTHROPODA; COCCINELLIDAE; COREIDAE; JUGLANS CINEREA; LYGAEIDAE; NABIDAE;

PRIMER DNA;

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; CONFERENCE PAPER; DNA SEQUENCE; FOOD CHAIN; GENERALIST PREDATORS; HETEROPTERA; INSECT; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOLECULAR GUT-CONTENT ANALYSIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORGANIC FARMING; PREDATION; PREDATOR-PREY FOOD WEBS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPIDER; SQUASH; TROPHIC LINKS;

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; GENERALIST PREDATORS; MOLECULAR GUT-CONTENT ANALYSIS; ORGANIC AGRICULTURE; PREDATOR-PREY FOOD WEBS; TROPHIC LINKS;

ANIMALS; CUCURBITA; DNA PRIMERS; FOOD CHAIN; HETEROPTERA; INSECTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; ORGANIC AGRICULTURE; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPIDERS;

EID: 84904764416     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mec.12734     Document Type: Conference Paper

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